Georgia Tech stuns No

Aug 24, 2024, 03:46 PM ET

DUBLIN– Aidan Birr made a 44-yard basket as time ended and Georgia Tech upset No. 10 Florida State 24-21 on Saturday in the very first major college football game of the season.Coming off an unbeaten regular season, however with a remade lineup, the Seminoles tied the score at 21 with 6:33 left in the 4th quarter on a 15-play touchdown drive that included two fourth-down conversions by DJ Uiagalelei.Florida State(0-1, 0-1 ACC)never touched the ball again, and Birr

came on with five seconds left on the clock to drill the winner.Jamal Haynes ran for 75 yards and two touchdowns for Georgia Tech, and Haynes King tossed for 146 yards and ran

for 54 as the Yellow Jackets (1-0, 1-0 )had the ability to control the line of skirmish and collect 190 rushing backyards and 5.3 lawns per carry.Uiagalelei finished 19 of 27 passes for 193 yards in his Florida State debut.Ryan Fitzgerald made a 59-yard field goal, a career long and the second longest in school history, prior to halftime to connect the score at 14. Fitzgerald had a 52-yarder earlier

in the game.The teams had just seven drives each. Georgia Tech’s last 2 drives were among the best, an 11-play, 89-yard touchdown drive and then the 12-play, 49-yard drive to set up Birr’s kick.Florida State fans packed Aviva Stadium for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, the third straight Week 0 opener in Dublin.TAKEAWAYS Florida State: The Seminoles’defensive line was deemed among the ACC’s finest but did not tape a sack and allowed Tech to perform at

will.Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets balanced 203 rushing backyards per game (13th in the FBS) in 2023 and picked up right where they left off.UP NEXT Florida State hosts Boston

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Sept. 2. Georgia Tech hosts Georgia State next Saturday.